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Baur-Steinkamp & Company 
“KING CARDINAL” 
The peer of the scarlet carnations today. 
It has a brilliant, deep red color. 
It has large flowers, measuring up to four inches. 
It has a strong stem which carries the flower erect. 
It comes into bloom early, is free and continuous. 
We have never seen a split calyx. 
It makes fine plants in the field and transplants easily. 
It does fine when grown inside continuously. 
A few testimonials from expert carnation growers: “Oh Boy, what a wonderful 
carnation”; “King Cardinal has proved all you claimed it to be”; “I only pur¬ 
chased 100 of your King Cardinal cuttings, now I wish I had 5000”; “I sure do 
like that King Cardinal carnation. When are you going to introduce a pink that 
has the same good qualities?”; “It’s the last word in a scarlet carnation.” 
King Cardinal is patented and we will issue permits to all purchcasers to 
propagate without limit for their own planting. 
$2.00 per dozen, $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000. 
